scatology

noun:
1. The scientific study of excrement.
2. An obsession with excrement or excretion.
3. Language or literature dealing with excretory matters in a prurient or humorous manner.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Greek skato-, combing form of skor (dung). Ultimately from the
Indo-European root sker- (excrement) that is also the source of dreck
and scoria.

USAGE:

"One fund will be left empty, while the second will contain a steaming pile
of what, at the risk of descending into scatology, can only be described
as two-year Greek government notes."
Mark Gilbert; Hedge-Fund Guy Seduces Buffett to Safeguard Bonus;
BusinessWeek (New York); Jan 14, 2010.